U.N. negotiator patiently pursues peace in Syria

U.N. negotiator patiently pursues peace in Syria Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:30 pm GENEVA (AP) — Lakhdar Brahimi has seen faces like these before, barely able to remain in the same room, much less speak to each other. Lebanese,...

Algeria’s presidential crisis.

By: Hamid Yess and Atef Kadadra Translated from El-Khabar (Algeria). Hasni Abidi, director of the Geneva-based Study and Research Center for the Arab and Mediterranean World, stated that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika came to power in 1999 through negotiations and...

Freedom of speech in the media

In an interview with Doha Centre for Media Freedom, Hasni Abidi, political analyst and director of the Study and Research Centre for the Arab and Mediterranean World in Geneva, shares his thoughts on freedom of speech and media freedom....